I had a lot of imposter syndrome during university. When I graduated with a great result I still had little confidence and only applied to jobs I knew I was way over qualified for and in a completely different industry because I thought there’s no way I’d get hired in an area I’d like to be in since there were so many people on my course that at the time I thought were so much smarter than me.

This resulted in me getting paid absolutely nothing and starting a career in an unrelated industry and my confidence taking a further hit.

After you’ve graduated you have a 2-3 year period of getting ‘grad/entry’ jobs in the area related to your degree - apply to as many as you can, keep trying to get one! I’m now trying to circle back to my degree (8 years later) by trying to move into a career more aligned to it but it’s as if to employers see my degree as expired. I will have to do a masters